Ο παραβάτης στέλνει το φωτογραφικό υλικό.

Ο παραβάτης means the offender, the violator, or the person who has committed an infringement/violation.

A few notes:

• ο = the for a masculine singular noun in the nominative
• παραβάτης = offender / violator

Depending on context, παραβάτης could refer to someone who broke a rule, a law, or a regulation.

Because ο is the definite article meaning the.

In this sentence, it goes with παραβάτης and shows that the noun is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative case

So:

• ο παραβάτης = the offender

Greek articles change depending on gender, number, and case, unlike English the, which always stays the same.

στέλνει means sends or is sending, depending on context.

It is:

• present tense
• third person singular
• from the verb στέλνω = to send

So στέλνει can correspond to:

• he sends
• she sends
• it sends

Greek often does not need to include the subject pronoun, because the verb ending already shows the person and number.

Because Greek is a language that often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The verb form στέλνει already tells you the subject is:

• third person
• singular

So Greek does not need to say he sends with an extra pronoun unless there is special emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Ο παραβάτης στέλνει... = The offender sends...
• You do not need αυτός unless you want emphasis, like he himself or he, not someone else

το φωτογραφικό υλικό means the photographic material.

In real usage, it can also mean things like:

• photo material
• photographic evidence
• the photo documentation
• the set of photographs/images

The exact English translation depends on context. For example, in legal or police contexts, φωτογραφικό υλικό often means photographic evidence or photo material.

Because υλικό is a neuter singular noun, so it takes the neuter singular article το.

Also, the adjective φωτογραφικό must agree with υλικό in:

• gender
• number
• case

So the phrase is:

• το = neuter singular article
• φωτογραφικό = neuter singular form of the adjective
• υλικό = neuter singular noun

That is why all three parts match.

The dictionary forms are:

• ο παραβάτης = the offender
• στέλνω = to send
• το υλικό = the material
• φωτογραφικός, -ή, -ό = photographic

In the sentence, φωτογραφικό is the neuter singular form of φωτογραφικός because it describes υλικό.

You know it mainly from the article and case.

• ο παραβάτης is nominative, which is the normal case for the subject.
• το φωτογραφικό υλικό is the object of the verb.

A helpful point: in Greek, the object is often in the accusative case. With neuter singular nouns like υλικό, the nominative and accusative forms are often the same, so you rely on the overall structure of the sentence.

Here, the sentence naturally reads as:

• The offender = subject
• sends = verb
• the photographic material = object

No, Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral, straightforward order here is:

• Ο παραβάτης στέλνει το φωτογραφικό υλικό.

But Greek could also change the order for emphasis, for example:

• Το φωτογραφικό υλικό στέλνει ο παραβάτης.
• Στέλνει το φωτογραφικό υλικό ο παραβάτης.

These can still mean roughly the same thing, but the emphasis changes. English is much less flexible, so learners often expect one rigid order, but Greek allows more variation.

It is pronounced approximately para-VA-tis.

Stress falls on βά.

A rough breakdown:

• πα = pa
• ρα = ra
• βά = VA
• της = tis

The stress mark in Greek is very important because it tells you which syllable is emphasized.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

o para-VA-tis STEL-ni to foto-gra-fi-KO i-li-KO

A few stress points:

• παραβάτης → stress on βά
• στέλνει → stress on στέλ
• φωτογραφικό → stress on κό
• υλικό → stress on κό

If you read it smoothly:

Ο παραβάτης στέλνει το φωτογραφικό υλικό.

Because that is the normal ending here for the third person singular present form of στέλνω.

Very roughly:

• στέλνω = I send / to send
• στέλνεις = you send
• στέλνει = he/she/it sends

So the ending -ει helps signal he/she/it in the present tense.

It can mean more than just physical material.

Depending on context, υλικό can mean:

• material
• content
• collected material
• resources
• footage
• evidence

So φωτογραφικό υλικό can refer not only to literal physical photo prints, but also to:

• photographs
• image files
• photo documentation
• photographic evidence

Yes. The Greek present tense often covers both:

• sends
• is sending

So Ο παραβάτης στέλνει το φωτογραφικό υλικό could mean either:

• The offender sends the photographic material
• The offender is sending the photographic material

The exact meaning depends on context.

Because that is a very common Greek pattern:

• article + adjective + noun

So:

• το φωτογραφικό υλικό

This is similar to English the photographic material.

Greek can sometimes place adjectives in other positions too, but this structure is one of the most basic and common ones for learners to recognize.

It is in the accusative singular, because it is the direct object of στέλνει.

However, with many neuter singular nouns, the nominative and accusative forms look the same. So even though it is accusative here, it appears as:

• το φωτογραφικό υλικό

This is normal in Greek and is something learners get used to over time.